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The head of Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), who is in Ukraine, is alive. The reports about his death and that Ramzan Kadyrov was involved therein were treated as fake by Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information.

Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Ingushetia, is at risk of resignation in the first half of 2023, according to a report by the Agency for Political and Economic Communications (APEC). Among the factors that have affected his rating are the problems with the payment of pensions.

After falling under her husband's influence, a mother of many children from Makhachkala went to Syria, where she joined the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, investigators believe. Her defence treats these allegations as unjustified.

In Southern Russia, garrison military courts refuse to satisfy claims lodged by military servicemen, who seek dismissal due to the expiry of their contracts, citing the mobilization decree.

Gas and heating have been installed in the houses of three families of the mobilized compatriots, the administration in Kabardino-Balkaria reports.

Natives of Chechnya took part in rallies in support of Mikhail Saakashvili, organized by Georgian activists in European cities.

The development of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; sentencing of the Arashukov grouping; the scandals around Chechen authorities, – read about these and other events that happened in the Caucasus during the week from December 26, 2022, to January 1, 2023, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The information that the military commissariats (registration and enlistment office) of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) demands from enterprises to allocate employees for sending to military training camps is not true, the territorial operative headquarters has stated.

On the day of memory of preacher Kunta-Khadji Kishiev, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who regularly reports on sending volunteers to the special military operation and calls on religious figures to join it, has recalled the pacifist position of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.

A rally against the extradition of Chechen refugees took place in front of the Croatian Embassy in Vienna. About 500-700 refugees from Chechnya cross the Bosnian-Croatian border every week, and the flow has grown amid fears of continued mobilization, the human rights organization “Vayfond” reports.

The Vladikavkaz Garrison Court has refused to satisfy the claim of Shamil Chupanov, a military serviceman, who demanded a certificate of his wound in Ukraine in order to receive the due compensation. The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has also denied Chupanov.

The father of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, a resident of Kayakent, who was killed in a brawl, has expressed his gratitude to fellow villagers for their support. The father has noted that all his demands have been met; and those who call for new protests are pursuing their own goals.

For the third week in a row, law enforcers have disrupted the solo pickets in support of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, although the protests are held in compliance with all the legal requirements.

The Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) began checking the actions of the policemen who hit a participant of a protest rally against the mobilization in Makhachkala, lawyer Arsen Magomedov said after the Ministry of Internal Affairs had found no violations in the actions of the policemen.

In Stavropol, a court has refused to consider a complaint filed by a local resident who disputes the draft to the army within the military mobilization due to the fact that he has two dependent children, one of whom is sick. Despite the above, the man has been mobilized and sent to the air assault regiment.

Law enforcers have beaten up a native of Chechnya who had arrived in Croatia. Complaints also arrive from other people from this camp, human rights defenders have informed, demanding from the Croatian Prosecutor's Office to punish those responsible.

In Makhachkala, policemen have detained Magomed Magomedov, a journalist, who was holding a solo picket in support of his arrested colleague, and Abdulmumin Gadjiev's mother.

At a gathering in Kayakent, relatives of the perished Magomed-Ali Sultanov demanded from investigators to find and punish all those involved in committing the crime.

Single women are unable to raise their son as real males, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated. Instagram* users have found this statement to be overly categorical; some responded by suggesting that Kadyrov stop sending men from Chechnya to Ukraine.

Amid the military operation in Ukraine, authorities of most regions of Southern Russia have banned mass celebrations on the occasion of the New Year, with the exception of festive events for children. Mayors of several cities have also changed the format of New Year celebrations.